Basic Indian Tomato Gravy
This traditional Indian tomato gravy can be used as a base for all sorts of vegetables, boiled eggs, cubed paneer or chicken. This is often referred to as a "curry". It is usually eaten with plain white rice or rice mixtures.
Ingredients
- 5 tomatoes, diced large
- 1 onion, diced small
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- ½ teaspoon ginger paste
- 5 cloves garlic, pounded
- 1 teaspoon chile powder
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
Ingredients for 4 servings (760 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Fry the onions in hot ghee until they start to brown.
Stovetop - 2
Add the ginger and garlic and stir, then add the powdered spices. Blend well.
- 3
Throw in the tomatoes and salt to taste.
- 4
Turn the flame down to medium and cover for ten minutes. This will form a spicy gravy to which you can add any mixture of vegetables or boiled eggs or fried fish or chicken or lamb/goat.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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